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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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